John D. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
John Davison Rockefeller Sr.was an American industrialist and philanthropist. He was a co-founder of the Standard Oil Company, which dominated the oil industry and was the first great U.S. business trust. Rockefeller revolutionized the petroleum industry, and along with other key contemporary industrialists such as Andrew Carnegie, defined the structure of modern philanthropy. In 1870, he founded Standard Oil Company and actively ran it until he officially retired in 1897...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth8 July 1839
CountryUnited States of America
John D. Rockefeller quotes about
I do not think there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.
How much money does it take to make a man happy? Just one more dollar.
A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.
I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people's efforts than 100% of my own efforts.
Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.
The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee and I will pay more for that ability than for any other under the sun.
I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.
I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living.
Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty.
The most important thing for a young man is to establish credit - a reputation and character.
Think of giving not as a duty but as a privilege.
Good management consists in showing average people how to do the work of superior people.